Samir Khan

Samir ibn Zafar Khan (25 December 1985-30 September 2011) was a Pakistani-American who was the editor and publisher of the English-language Inspire Al-Qaeda magazine. He was killed alongside Anwar al-Awlaki in a drone strike in 2011.

Biography
Khan was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to a Pakistani family, and moved to Queens in New York City, USA, shortly after. In W. Tresper Clarke High School, he wrote for the school newspaper and was a member of the glee club, but since his sophomore year he refused to pledge allegiance to the flag, blaming the USA for 9/11. He graduated in 2003 and moved to North Carolina in 2004. In 2009, he cut off ties with his family and moved to Yemen, as his father wanted help in changing his son's views.

He became the editor of the Al-Qaeda magazine Inspire and published an article on how he was glad to be a traitor to the United States]], and also made an article on how to build a bomb in the kitchen. His manuals were used in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Death
While traveling in Al Jawf Governorate of Yemen with Anwar al-Awlaki, Khan was killed in a CIA drone strike. The two had breakfast, and while they exited the restaurant they were killed by a missile fired by a US UAV predator drone. He was not targeted specifically; al-Awlaki was the true target.